19 months since I said goodbye to the life I had spent 8 years creating in Australia. 19 months since I lived in the same country as my parents, sister and brothers. 19 months since I moved to a place I had never lived before and had no social group.

I flew back from America a few days ago after a wonderful holiday.

Spending time there with old friends and my parents made me realise how lonely it can be when you move city’s/countries alone. 19 months on the introvert in me is always at war, wanting to stay home, retreat into the comfort of being alone, but that would defeat the whole purpose of me moving countries.

So I push myself to get outside my comfort zone, make new friends, go on adventures. Feel the pain, feel the loneliness and seek to make community and foster deep connection with those around me. Aiming to love unconditionally, seeking to spread kindness, hoping to inspire.